The "real farm fair," for Fallston resident Neil Covington, is not the rides and the games on the midway, nor the new attractions and events of this year's fair.

It is what has been a a key component of the Harford County Farm Fair for the past 30 years — the agricultural exhibitions and the animals raised and shown by the youth members of 4-H, according to Covington, a former 4-Her.

He took part in fair exhibitions when he was young.

"It's good memories, doing that kind of stuff, and now seeing what the kids are entering," he said Wednesday, the third night of the fair.

Covington has been attending the fair since he was a child. He came out Wednesday evening with his wife, Jamie. They strolled the Artisan's Village, checking out the wares of local vendors.

The fairgrounds at the Harford County Equestrian Center in Bel Air were crowded with people enjoying food, vendors, music, games, carnivals rides and the agricultural exhibitions.

"It's been kind of a family tradition for a long time and now it's a new family tradition, right?" Covington said to his wife.

They were married in October of 2016. Jamie Covington, who has been to the fair only one other year, noted she enjoyed all aspects of the fair, new and traditional.

"I think there's a lot more activities for families, and it still has a lot of the 4-H aspect to it," she said.

This year's fair, which has been extended from four days to six, has been chock full of 4-H events since it started Monday — mainly livestock exhibitions — and they continue through the end of the fair Saturday, culminating in the annual 4-H Livestock Auction, one of the most popular events of the fair.

It's not all about farm animals though, as some 4-Hers took part in a dog agility contest in the show ring.

The youths ran their dogs over small jumps and through tubes, holding their dog's leash — except when the canines were in the tubes.

Wednesday at the Harford County Farm Fair, at the Harford County Equestrian Center inBel Air, MD.

Nathan Snyder, 18, of Felton, Pa., exhibited two dogs, a chocolate lab named Caution and a German shepherd mix named Mika. He picked up four second-place ribbons.

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